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  • Airman 1st Class Sean Dearduff, 374th Civil Engineer Squadron firefighter, Yokota Air Base, Japan, treats a simulated victim mid-air during a Department of Defense Rescue Technician course, Sept. 9, 2019, at Osan AB, Republic of Korea. Instructors from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam’s 554th RED HORSE Squadron trained and tested 10 Pacific Air Forces firefighters from three bases on high-risk, elevated and confined space rescue tactics. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Greg Nash)

    Firefighters rescue, treat Airmen mid-air

    Instructors from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam’s 554th RED HORSE Squadron trained and tested 10 Pacific Air Forces firefighters from three bases on high-risk, elevated and confined space rescue tactics.
  • Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David L. Goldfein and Gen. CQ Brown Jr., Pacific Air Forces Commander, met with senior Vietnamese officials in Hanoi, Vietnam, in August 2019. (U.S. Air Force photo)

    Air Force generals Goldfein, Brown make historic visit to Vietnam

    For Americans of a certain age like Goldfein and Brown, Vietnam remains an unshakable memory even today, 44 years after the era-defining war ended. The memory and the reactions it triggers are even more pronounced for people like Goldfein and Brown – second-generation service members whose fathers fought in a war whose legacy continues to influence military thinking and strategy to this day.
  • Airmen from the 51st Medical Group advance the flightline to transport a soldier from Camp Zama, Japan during Operation Ascending Eagle, Aug. 28, 2019, at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea. Air Force and Army medics jointly operated in the simulated large casualty training to enhance their aeromedical evacuation and patient transportation procedures. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Greg Nash)

    Air Force, Army medevacs 30 patients

    Chaos ensues on the flightline as 30 battered and bruised patients ail from injuries suffered during simulated wartime contingencies. Responsible for rapidly responding and stabilizing the situation, a special crew of U.S. Air Force and Army medical professionals rush to the scene with one objective: to safely care and transport Army soldiers onto a C-130J Super Hercules en route to a medical treatment facility at Yokoto Air Base. Utilizing Osan Air Base’s flightline for its patient staging capabilities, the 51st Medical Group and Fort Shafter, Hawaii’s 18th Medical Command jointly operated in Operation Ascending Eagle, Aug. 28, 2019, with their mission to enhance their rapid treatment of traumatized patients in a large casualty emergency.
  • Kahu Kordell Kekoa, a local pastor, placed rainwater on the hands of Gen. CQ Brown, Jr., Pacific Air Forces commander, and his wife, Sharene during a 75th anniversary ceremony in the Courtyard of Heroes at Headquarters PACAF, Aug. 2, 2019. The Far East Air Forces was activated on Aug. 3, 1944 at Brisbane, Australia, under the command of Lt. Gen. George C. Kenney. Over the next 18 months, FEAF moved from Brisbane to New Guinea, the Philippines and then to Japan. The FEAF moved from Fuchu Air station, Japan, to Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, on July 1, 1957, and was redesignated Pacific Air Forces. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Mikaley Kline)

    Pacific Air Forces honors 75th Anniversary during ceremony

    The 75th Anniversary of Far East Air Forces, also known as Pacific Air Forces, was celebrated during a ceremony in the historic Courtyard of Heroes at Headquarters PACAF Aug. 2.
  • Chief Master Sgt. Anthony Johnson, U.S. Pacific Air Forces command chief, speaks to Airmen and international partners during a First Sergeants Symposium at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, July 24, 2019. The five-day course included training provided by Air University, the First Sergeant Academy, and informational briefings from base helping agencies. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Mikaley Kline)

    Airmen, international partners attend First Sergeants Symposium

    The 15th Wing-hosted First Sergeants Symposium took place at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, July 22-26, 2019. The five-day course included training provided by Air University, the First Sergeant Academy, and informational briefings from base helping agencies.
  • A U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson and an F-16 Fighting Falcon from Eielson Air Force Base fly in formation over the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex, July 18, 2019.

    Red Flag-Alaska 19-3 kicks off Aug. 1

    Red Flag-Alaska 19-3, a Pacific Air Forces-sponsored exercise designed to provide realistic training in a simulated combat environment, is scheduled to begin Aug. 1 with primary flight operations over the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex (JPARC) and is scheduled to run through Aug. 16.
  • U.S. Air Force leadership greet Hawaii State Legislative representatives in front of the Pacific Air Forces Headquarters July, 24, 2019. Eleven Hawaii legislatures visited with U.S. Air Force representatives in an effort to broaden understandings of Air Force missions, capabilities, roles and responsibilities. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jack Sanders)

    Hawaii State Legislates visit Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam

    Eleven Hawaii legislatures visited with U.S. Air Force representatives in an effort to broaden understandings of Air Force missions, capabilities, roles and responsibilities. (U.S. Air Force photos by Staff Sgt. Jack Sanders and 1st Lt. Amber Kelly-Herard)
  • Members of the 12th Operations Support Squadron and 559th Flying Training Squadron, at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas, pose for a group photo during a history tour at Headquarters Pacific Air Forces, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, July 10, 2019. The purpose of the visit was for Air Education and Training Command (AETC) members to learn more about Pacific theater operations and build and a relationship between AETC as a major command (MAJCOM) and PACAF as a combatant command (COCOM).

    AETC Airmen visit PACAF to enhance warfighter alignment

    Members of the 12th Operations Support Squadron (OSS) and 559th Flying Training Squadron, both assigned to the 12th Flying Training Wing at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas, visited Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) Headquarters, July 8-10, 2019.
  • U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptors from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, fly in formation over the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex, July 18, 2019.

    F-22 and F-16 Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex Flight

    U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptors from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson and F-16 Fighting Falcons from Eielson Air Force Base fly in formation over the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex, July 18, 2019. The JPARC is a 67,000 plus square mile area, providing a realistic training environment commanders leverage for full spectrum engagements, ranging from individual skills to complex, large-scale joint engagements.
  • U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Dylan White, a 35th Security Forces Squadron military working dog handler, lays in the “prone” position during an agile combat employment exercise at Misawa Air Base, Japan, June 28, 2019. White taught 35th Logistic Readiness Squadron how to move, shoot and communicate and applied their newly learned skills to realistic training scenarios, such as clearing buildings and shooting techniques during ACE. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Brittany A. Chase)

    The 35th LRS builds on lessons learned from exercise, teams up with Security Forces

    The 35th Logistics Readiness Squadron conducted an agile combat employment (ACE) exercise at Misawa Air Base, Japan, June 28. The ACE concept challenges Airmen to operate in an austere environment with limited basing, while testing their abilities to quickly and efficiently land, set-up operations, fly, pack and transport themselves at a moment’s notice.
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